Betrayed, Then Back For Blood

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Briar sat by the window, already dressed, but no matter what anyone said, she wouldn’t step outside. It wasn’t for any specific reason–just a mix of embarrassment and frustration. The only time she’d ever slipped up handling a weapon was back when she first started training. She never imagined she’d face a very different kind of unexpected discharge today.

Ashton had gone to the guest room and taken a cold shower for half an hour. When he returned, he found Briar still sitting by the window and couldn’t help but chuckle. ‘Shouldn’t I be the one feeling embarrassed here?‘ Ashton

thought.

Caught off guard and nearly losing control, Ashton’s emotions were on a tumultuous rollercoaster. Fortunately, his strong willpower enabled him to suppress his desires, allowing him to walk away just in time.

Ashton approached and gently adjusted Briar’s hair as he asked, “Briar, are you still upset?”

Briar stayed silent, her lips swollen and tender, each movement bringing a faint ache. She still couldn’t believe it- Ashton had kissed her with such intensity it felt like he was trying to consume her whole. If that phone call hadn’t

interrupted him, she might’ve truly been swept away by his hunger.

“No,” Briar muttered. She was mainly frustrated with herself for constantly losing her composure around Ashton, and since becoming his girlfriend, these moments of weakness had become increasingly frequent. The possibility of things continuing to spiral left Briar feeling quietly unsettled.

“Now that you’re no longer upset, how about we head downstairs together and see what Connor and the others

uncovered during the interrogation?” Ashton suggested, crouching down to help her with her shoes.

Briar stared at Ashton in silence, unsure of what to say. “Alright,” she finally agreed. He was being so humble and

trying so hard to please her that she couldn’t ignore him any longer. She nodded, put on her shoes, and followed

Ashton downstairs.

the living room, Brandon and Connor were sitting on the couch, chatting. When they saw Ashton and

stood up. “Mr.

pulled Briar down onto the couch and nodded

with the questioning. Based on Zayne’s confession, he and Sawyer are involved in an underground lab overseas, where they both hold senior professor positions. Zayne

one of the researchers behind that new drug all those years ago. The project for

clinical trials, no one knew the potential side effects or the severity of harm it could cause to the body. Consequently, they placed ads

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and among all the victims, her

not Rosalia herself. To ensure everything went smoothly, Edgar kept the truth from her, falsely claiming it was merely a special health supplement he had

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was still reveling in the bliss of newlywed life, completely enamored with Edgar. She accepted his words without question and took the pills he suggested

so–called “good Samaritan” that the underground lab where Zayne worked discovered she was the heiress of the Grant family, one of the most powerful families in Shoneport, Dasmieca. At that time, the Grant family’s influence in Shoneport was

the Grant family would seek revenge, the underground lab had promptly ceased all clinical trials of the new drug and had destroyed all

underground lab overseas. She had already shared this information with

underground lab he worked for had been using the corpses

experiments. They even went so far as to hire

the 121 Mercenary

for every researcher connected to the

uncover so many concealed secrets. Considering what happened to Briar’s mother, Zayne and

certainly not someone to be taken lightly. Don’t act rashly,” Ashton warned, concerned that Briar might engage in reckless behavior given her current emotional